Breakfast with Grand Tuhon

While it certainly was a thrill to train double knife and empty hands, the highlight of last weekend's PTK seminar was my breakfast with Grand Tuhon Leo T. Gaje, Jr.

Before we get started, let me introduce myself. My name is Jonathan Litwin, President of Pekiti Tirsia Kali Buffalo, the newest PTK Club in the United States. Day one of the seminar, hosted by the Pekiti-Tirsa Pitbulls of New York, was held in White Plains. Graciously, Tuhon Akmeed K. Boouracca and Guro Claudio Cabezas offered to drive me to Brooklyn the next morning for part two of the seminar, hosted by Pekiti-Tirsia Kali Elite.

You could imagine my surprise to find Grand Tuhon (GT) sitting in the backseat when they picked me up from my hotel! The first thing you need to know is that GT has an incredible sense of humor; he had us laughing all the way to the Pancake House. GT dominated the conversation at breakfast, enlightening us with his knowledge on a variety of subjects from history to geometry. He spoke about the spread of Indian culture throughout Southeast Asia, and the influence of the empires of Srivijaya and Majapahit had on Filipino language (e.g. guru to guro), medicine, and martial arts. We talked about geometry, as a perfect science imbedded in Nature, not invented but discovered by Man. Geometry is the language of God, the scaffolding of the Universe. Thus, since PTK is based on geometry, it is a perfect science. 

What was most illuminating was Grand Tuhon's explanation of the esoteric mysteries of geometry and PTK. For most of my PTK career, my instructors have focused exclusively on the physical aspect of the science, and for good reason. However, GT explained that there is a metaphysical aspect to geometry, especially the triangle, and its three dimensional counterpart, the pyramid. For further explanation, you'll need to have breakfast with GT yourself.